Samsung UP1500 800-A1 User manual

UP1500
User’s Manual
Part Number: UP1500 800-A1

UP1500 User’s Manual
UP1500 800-A1 ii
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Part #: UP1500 800-A1
Date: May 09, 2001
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UP1500 User’s Manual Revision History
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Revision History
Date Rev Description
03/12/01 UP1500
800-A1 UP1500 User’s Manual first product release. This document supports the UP1500 800-A product.

UP1500 User’s Manual Table of Contents
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Table of Contents
Revision History iii
Table of Contents iv
List of Figures vi
List of Tables vii
Preface ix
Chapter 1 UP1500 Introduction 1-1
1.1 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
1.2 System Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Chapter 2 System Configuration 2-1
2.1 Board Layout and Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
2.2 Memory Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
2.2.1 Memory Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
2.2.2 Memory Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
2.3 Configuration Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
2.3.1 Firmware Image Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
2.3.2 System Bus Speed Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
2.3.3 Cache Size Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
2.4 Initialization Strapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
2.4.1 System Clock Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
2.4.2 Disable Divider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
2.4.3 Inclk Delay Enable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
2.4.4 CPU Clk Hist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
2.4.5 AGP Clk MUX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
2.4.6 Physical S2K Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
2.4.7 Outclk Delay Enable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
2.4.8 CPU Div 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Chapter 3 Electrical, Environmental and Physical Data 3-1
3.1 Power Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
3.1.1 Power Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
3.1.2 Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
3.1.3 Power Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

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3.2 Environmental Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
3.2.1 Cerification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
3.2.2 Thermal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
3.3 Enclosure Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
3.4 Physical Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
3.4.1 UP1500 Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
3.4.2 UP1500 Mounting Hole Specification . . . . . . . . . 3-6
3.5 Rear Panel I/O Shield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Chapter 4 Software Support 4-1
4.1 Software Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
4.1.1 FSB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
4.1.2 Reset PALcode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
4.1.3 Alpha SRM Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
4.1.4 Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
4.2 Alpha SRM Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
4.2.1 Invoking the SRM Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
4.2.2 Command Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
4.2.3 Displaying the System Configurations . . . . . . . . . 4-6
4.2.4 Setting the System date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
4.2.5 Booting the Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
4.2.6 Updating Firmware (SRM Console) . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
4.2.7 Using Environment Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
4.2.8 Environment Variable Summary . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
4.2.9 Finding Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
4.3 FSB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
Chapter 5 Troubleshooting 5-1
5.1 Hardware Startup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
5.1.1 No Video Present . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
5.1.2 LED Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
5.1.3 Beep Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
5.2 Error Recovery Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
5.2.1 Error Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
5.2.2 Error Recovery Switch Settings . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
5.2.3 Error Recovery Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Appendix A Connectors and Pinouts A-1
A.1 Power Connector Pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
A.2 Nonstandard Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
A.3 Standard Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-6